Brushing aside speculations of tension with ally Trinamool Congress, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the two parties would form an alliance to fight the 2011 Assembly......
With elections to the Lok Sabha and some state Assemblies round the corner, the government raised the income ceiling for creamy layer from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 4.5 lakh annually in a move that will......
The Congress today said there was no contradiction between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's suggestion for tougher anti-terror laws and Union Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunshi's remark that existing......
The Union Cabinet, which met on Saturday morning under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has decided to repass the Office of Profit Bill in its present form and send it back to......
Dashing Trinamool's hopes for last minute adjustment, the Congress in West Bengal Wednesday decided to put up candidates in all the 294 constituencies in the coming Assembly elections, asserting......
The government on Thursday decided to expand two insurance schemes for rural landless households and women self-help groups. At a meeting, the Union Cabinet decided to provide an additional Rs......
In an effort to leverage sick public sector enterprises, the Cabinet on Thursday approved cash incentives for their chief executives or functional directors. According to the proposal, the top......
Charging the Indian government with "protectionist thinking", European Union on Monday pitched for hiking the FDI cap in media from the present level of 26 per cent. "The Indian government should......
Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh on Thursday signed the memorandum of understanding for linking surplus waters of Ken with the water deficit Betwa. This is for the first time that river basins have......
Exhorting festival organisers to rope in international stars to promote the International Film Festival of India in Goa, Union Culture Minister S Jaipal Reddy said advance planning was required to......
After aninspirational showing in India's AFC Challenge Cup triumph fetched him the most valuable player award in the tournament, it came as no surprise when the All India Football Federation named......
A 350-member jumbo organising committee has been put in place to prepare for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be held in Delhi.The committee, formed by its chairman Suresh Kalmadi in consultation......